Welcome eager young artists!

Ms. Edelman Friday, April 21, 2023

DO NOW: take out your notebook and a pen. Review your notes from yesterday.

What is a color correction? Images could need adjustment to either

colors, values or both. Photos can sometimes have a color SHIFT,

too much red or blue, etc. This is known as a COLOR CAST.

How can I access the color correction controls? IMAGE menu

Automatic filters: auto tone auto contrast auto color

IMAGE menu ADJUSTMENTSManual controls: Hue/Saturation Color Balance Shadows / Highlights

What is COLOR BALANCE?

Drag the arrows toward the color you want to add.

Independently control the shadows, midtones and highlights.

What is SHADOWS/HIGHLIGHTS? Special filter

design to just effect the tonal or value range in an image.

Use when shadows are too dark or “filled in”.

What is HUE / SATURATION?

Adjusts color by HUE, SATURATION or LIGHTNESS (brightness or value).

Use MASTER to affect the entire image.

Choose a target color to affect only those portions of the image.

What is COLORIZE?

Color is first converted to GRAYSCALE and then a specific HUE is combined with those values.

What is COLORIZE?

The affects the entire image.

How can I colorize in areas?

Use the COLOR mode with the paintbrush, fill or layer to spot colorize.

EXERCISE:1. Open puppet.jpg.

Duplicate the image on to 3 different layers. Using Hue/Saturation, create 3 color

combinations. Save as: yourname_hue-sat.psd

1. Open building shadow.jpg Duplicate the layer. Use Shadows/Highlights to open up the detail. Save as: yourname_shadows.psd